2025-2026学年常州市田家炳初中八年级上册期中英语试卷
一、听力（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
二、单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1. Mr Wood is ________ honest man. He makes ________ living by cutting wood.
A. an; a B. a; the C. a; an D. the; a
2. Bob doesn’t do his homework ________ Mary. He makes lots of mistakes.
A. so careful as B. as carefully as C. more carefully as D. more careful than
3. The boss asked us to spend _____ money solving (解决) _____ problems.
A. more; more B. less; more
C. fewer; more D. fewer; less
4. I know this plan is far from perfect, but I just can’t think of _____ one.
A. a better B. the better C. a best D. the best
5. —Could you tell us ________ the sports meeting this term?
—On the playground at Woodland High School.
A. why to have B. how to hold C. where to hold D. when to have
6. When you go abroad, you must be ________ cultural differences between the countries to behave well.
A. aware of B. proud of C. excited about D. interested in
7. —She is too busy ________ us with the work.
—Let’s do it ________.
A. to help; herself B. helping; myself C. to help; ourselves D. helping; ourselves
8. We all thought ________ important to keep learning.
A. that B. it’s C. it D. its
9. You’d better ________ the glass ________ hot water.
A. not to fill; with B. not fill; of C. not to be filled; with D. not fill; with
10. ——I think the film an awful one.How about you?——________.It tells a long and boring story.
A. I can’t agree more B. I don’t think so C. I don’t think you are right. D. I can’t agree with you
三、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
There is an English proverb saying “Honesty is the best policy.” Which signifies the ___11___ of honesty.
What are the benefits of honesty? If you are honest to others, they ___12___ honest to you in return. When you are sad, they will comfort you. When you are ___13___, they will help you.
Honesty is regard as the traditional virtue of our Chinese nation. Through the ages, people stress sincerity, praise highly sincerity. It has already incorporated the blood of our national ___14___.
It is usually better to be honest than dishonest. Sometimes honesty may ___15___ you in trouble or hurt someone, but on the whole ___16___ the truth is less harmful than lying. Dishonesty can result in guilty feelings, cause distrust among people and even ruin your reputation.
One of the worse things about lying is that it causes a guilty conscience（良知）. ___17___ no one ever discovers the lie, you will know about it and it will bother you for a long time. Another problem occurs when others know about your well. ___18___, people will not trust you any longer and you will lose your reputation and all ___19___ friends. Do you still remember the boy who cried wolf for several times so no one would trust him? At last, all his sheep ___20___ by the wolf. His dishonesty brought him shame as well as damage.
Honesty not only brings us honor and friendship, but also material gains. Honesty is the best policy we can take.
11. A. important B. importance C. more important D. most important
12. A. is B. will be C. was D. can be
13. A. in trouble B. in need C. in danger D. in time
14. A. education B. friendship C. culture D. custom
15. A. get B. take C. reach D. become
16. A. tell B. to tell C. telling D. told
17. A. Even if B. If C. Although D. Because
18. A. By the way B. All in all C. As a result D. At first
19. A. my B. mine C. your D. yours
20. A. is eating B. was eaten C. are eating D. were eaten
四、阅读理解（共15小题；41-50每小题1.5分，51-55每小题1分）
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My friend, Robert, has a twin sister named Amanda. Though they get along well, there are some things about Amanda and her friends that puzzle (困惑) Robert. He can’t understand how girls can talk for so long. For example, sometimes when he leaves home to play football, Amanda and her friend, Sharon, are sitting on the sofa, talking. When he comes back three hours later, they’re still sitting there, going on with the same topic.
